Buffalo Sabres: Top 5 most exciting wins at home in 2022-23
By Sion Fawkes
The Buffalo Sabres may have struggled at home, but it doesn’t mean they didn’t create some excitement for their fans at KeyBank Center.
The Buffalo Sabres had more than their fair share of exciting wins in 2022-23, with a few of them coming at home. Ironically, they didn’t play as well at KeyBank Center as they did on the road, especially against the Western Conference teams.
But they had more than their fair share of remarkable matchups it actually wasn’t easy to pick just five games. Some honorable mentions that didn’t make the list include the team’s season opener, their blowout win on Halloween Night, or the night the Goathead jersey made its triumphant return.
So what were the Sabres most exciting wins from October 2022 to April 2023? Keep reading for quite an adrenaline-pumping rundown.
Buffalo Sabres Top 5 home wins of 2022-23
5 – Sabres stun Blackhawks in OT
Across an 82-game season, there are very few matchups you have a vivid recollection watching, regardless of the team. This was one of those games, given how ineffective the Buffalo Sabres were offensively across the first 50 minutes of the contest.
Sure, Victor Olofsson scored early at the 6:19 mark of the first period, but that’s as good as it got for the Sabres over the next 45 minutes as the Chicago Blackhawks took a 3-1 lead. Then, Tage Thompson got hot, scoring a pair of goals at the 11:55 mark and the 16:47 mark of the third frame, forcing overtime. Olofsson scored another one on the power play just 36 seconds into the extra period, and the Sabres took it 4-3.
4 – Buffalo scores six goals in one period to shut out Kings
This game was a goaltenders duel throughout the first two frames, as the Sabres and the Los Angeles Kings couldn’t get anything going offensively. Then, Tage scored at the 1:21 mark of the third period, and we saw yet another drought for eight-and-a-half minutes before Victor Olofsson put one up at the 9:56 mark.
The onslaught continued, as J.J. Peterka, Alex Tuch, Tage, and Peyton Krebs scored the final four goals of the game. Interestingly, this win was also goaltender Craig Anderson’s final career shutout.